英语词汇“to bring to one's wit's end”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. at one's wit's end (occasionally ends): utterly perplexed; at a loss what to think or what to do. So to bring (drive, or put) to one's wit's end: to perplex utterly.Now commonly taken as 2c, the word being written as genitive plural (wits') even in reference to a single person.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > confused, at a loss [phrase]

at one's wit's end (occasionally ends)1377

seek1390

will of wane (also wone)a1400

will of redea1425

on wild1477

to be at a muse1548

at a loss1592

at a stopa1626

in a fog?c1640

in a wood1659

at a wit-standa1670

at sea1768

at fault1833

far to find, seek1879

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > perplex, nonplus [phrase]

to bring (drive, or put) to one's wit's end1377

to cast (also throw) a mist before a person's eyes?a1475

to set (also run) on ground1600

to make butter and cheese of1642

to put to the gaze1646

philogrobolized in one's brains1653

to strike all of (on) a heap1711

to blow, cast, throw stour in one's eyes1823

knot1860

to give (one) furiously to think1910

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 363 Astrymyanes also aren at her wittes ende.

c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1665 When they were dreuyn to her wyttes ende.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xx. B They shalbe also at their wittes ende, and ashamed one of another.

?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 8 And she att hir wittes endes what for to saie or doe.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria ii. iv, in Terence in Eng. 41 You bring him to his wits end.

1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace iii. 54 What shall we do? is the doleful cry of men at their wits end.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 311. ¶1 I am at my Wits End for fear of any sudden Surprize.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. iv. 53 Two ladies..are quite, as one may say, at their wit's ends.

1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds xl. 360 The old Laird..fairly finding himself driven to his wit's-end.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. xiii. 292 Raphael, utterly at his wits' end.

单词	to bring to one's wit's end
释义	> as lemmas to bring (drive, or put) to one's wit's end d. at one's wit's end (occasionally ends): utterly perplexed; at a loss what to think or what to do. So to bring (drive, or put) to one's wit's end: to perplex utterly.Now commonly taken as 2c, the word being written as genitive plural (wits') even in reference to a single person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > confused, at a loss [phrase] at one's wit's end (occasionally ends)1377 seek1390 will of wane (also wone)a1400 will of redea1425 on wild1477 to be at a muse1548 at a loss1592 at a stopa1626 in a fog?c1640 in a wood1659 at a wit-standa1670 at sea1768 at fault1833 far to find, seek1879 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > perplex, nonplus [phrase] to bring (drive, or put) to one's wit's end1377 to cast (also throw) a mist before a person's eyes?a1475 to set (also run) on ground1600 to make butter and cheese of1642 to put to the gaze1646 philogrobolized in one's brains1653 to strike all of (on) a heap1711 to blow, cast, throw stour in one's eyes1823 knot1860 to give (one) furiously to think1910 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 363 Astrymyanes also aren at her wittes ende. c1420 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 1665 When they were dreuyn to her wyttes ende. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xx. B They shalbe also at their wittes ende, and ashamed one of another. ?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 8 And she att hir wittes endes what for to saie or doe. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria ii. iv, in Terence in Eng. 41 You bring him to his wits end. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace iii. 54 What shall we do? is the doleful cry of men at their wits end. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 311. ¶1 I am at my Wits End for fear of any sudden Surprize. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. iv. 53 Two ladies..are quite, as one may say, at their wit's ends. 1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds xl. 360 The old Laird..fairly finding himself driven to his wit's-end. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. xiii. 292 Raphael, utterly at his wits' end. extracted from witn. < as lemmas
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